was founded on the principles of government of the people, by the people, and for the people.
At first it worked pretty well, but as we moved from farms to villages to cities, things began to break down.
We no longer had extended families to rely on.
We started depending on government bureaucracies to solve problems for us.
We stopped taking responsibility for fixing these problems for ourselves.
We will have to take part in government once again, teach our children, through ex.